(v. t.) To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp.
(v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
(v. t.) to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.
(v. t.) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc.
(a.) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
(a.) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
(n.) A coal broker.
(n.) One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
(n.) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
(n.) Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.
(n.) A game at cards.
Example Sentences:
(1) There is a significant group of disorders which present with unruly hair, and these have been described under all manner of titles, including crinkly, woolly, kinky, crimped, frizzly, steely, spunglass, in an attempt to define their clinical appearance.
(2) The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of using this optical method to detect quantitative differences in PAV collagen crimp following zero-, low-, and high-pressure fixation.
(3) Similarly, the largest strains are radial to facilitate the formation of a large coaptation area, while the circumferential strains are explained by the extension to the crimped collagen fibres.
(4) An instrument to be called the "Crimp Meter" was designed and used with a conventional balance to enable the plotting of a force-displacement curve for individual feathers.
(5) The effect of stretching is examined and interpreted in terms of crimp straightening.
(6) Mel Kenyon , who was then the literary manager at the Royal Court, saw it, and I got a job assisting on a Martin Crimp play here.
(7) By observing changes in this pattern on rotating the polarizing stage and on rotating the fibres a crimped structure of the fibres was deduced and its parameters were calculated.
(8) The force of stretching of the edges of the defect was studied by an elaborated tensiometric device after application of each row of crimping sutures.
(9) Unique aspects of our implant procedure include the use of a Leksell frame already adapted to the GE-8800 scanner, the use of pre- and post-implant computerized treatment planning programs to determine the dose distribution profiles and the use of adjustable metal collars crimped to the outer catheters to provide ease of insertion, uniform pre-implant catheter length, and protection against source migration.
(10) The results suggest that it is the crimped structure that is responsible for the high extensibility of the collagen fibres under low tension.
(11) From the hydrodynamic point of view it is essential to optimize the size and shape of the crimping, especially for small-diameter grafts.
(12) Gelseal, crimped and noncrimped knitted Dacron grafts had pseudointima of comparable architecture, thickness, cellular and noncellular composition.
(13) The planar crimping of collagen fibrils and their assemblage into cylindrically symmetric fascicles is verified by small angle X-ray diffraction.
(14) These collagen fibrils have a relatively large crimped appearance.
(15) These observations can be reconciled by assuming that variations in crimp frequency are attributable solely to a combination of follicle shape and fibre length growth rate without recourse to the more generally accepted theories relating to the proportion and distribution of ortho- and paracortical cells in the firbre cortex.
(16) China's military buildup, including the launch of its own carrier last year and rapid development of ballistic missiles and cyber warfare capabilities, could potentially crimp the US forces' freedom to operate in the waters.
(17) The operation was also performed in 8 patients with occlusion of the median cerebral artery or with the crimp of the carotid arteries.
(18) In 19, a platinum wire Teflon piston was placed in the laser stapedotomy fenestra and crimped on the long process of the incus; autologous venous blood was infiltrated into the oval window niche as a sealing mechanism.
(19) The optimal zones in the operative field for applying the crimping sutures were also determined.
(20) Several rows of crimping sutures were then applied to the aponeurosis of the rectus abdominis muscle above and below the defect.
Flexure
Definition:
(n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.
(n.) A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
(n.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
(n.) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
Example Sentences:
(1) This ranged from heads inclined at a slight angle to the tail through to complete flexure.
(2) This report presents a patient with a tumor of the splenic flexure invading the diaphragm, greater curvature of the stomach, splenic hilum, and tail of the pancreas.
(3) These results confirm the success of sphincter-saving anterior resection combined with total mesorectal excision, routine full mobilization of the splenic flexure and cancercidal lavage of the distal rectum in the treatment of low rectal carcinomas; morbidity, local recurrence and survival are not compromised.
(4) In 1 case epidermoid epithelial metaplasia were found in the splenic flexure and in the rectum.
(5) Surgery of the perforated caecum and ampulla recti was carried out during the first 24 hours, and that of the sigmoid flexure on the seventh day.
(6) Flexural and torsional testing revealed that the use of an inclined lag screw or a prebent plate increases stability compared to the one achieved with an exactly contoured plate alone.
(7) Peritoneal signs warranted early laparotomy, which revealed coagulation necrosis of the anus, rectum, and colon up to the hepatic flexure without any free perforation.
(8) A llama, a miniature horse, and a miniature donkey with severe bilateral congenital flexural deformities of the metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joints were treated successfully by arthrodesis with dynamic compression plating or external skeletal fixation.
(9) A suubsequent elective segmental distal transverse and descending colectomy revealed chronic ulcerative colitis; localized marked inflammatory giant pseudopolyp formation near the splenic flexure was responsible for the bleeding.
(10) In all the animals, enterokinase values were unequivocally the highest in the duodenal mucosa; in the other intestinal segments it displayed a marked aboral decrease, so that we found about 30% of duodenal activity in the jejunum, trace amounts in the ileum and zero values in the caecum and the sigmoid flexure.
(11) A study of the biaxial flexure strengths of polished vs. glazed specimens is needed to verify that current laboratory methods are appropriate for planned fatigue studies.
(12) The development of ciliary folds begins at the stage 45 by the flexure of the external layer in the ciliary zone.
(13) The lesions are predominant in the transverse colon and at the splenic flexure.
(14) The ceramic veneering had worse results only in the flexural strength test compared with the two bonding systems.
(15) The creep rates of six alloys for porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) restorations were determined as a function of flexural stress and temperature.
(16) This study tested the load transfer effectiveness of cast-joined structures under flexural loading conditions.
(17) The normal duodenojejunal flexure was found to be readily displaceable in neonates and could be pushed to the right of the spine in over two-thirds of patients less than 4 months old.
(18) Radical tumour resection requires complete mobilisation of the left colonic flexure, high ligature of the inferior mesenteric artery, and--in cases of extraperitoneal tumours--dissection along the fascias.
(19) The hernia contained the terminal ileum (20 cm) with caecum, part of the appendix, the ascending colon, hepatic flexure and the first third of the transverse colon.
(20) ISO or HSO were created 40 cm from the pelvic flexure and maintained for 60 mins under general anaesthesia.